The Journal

Tech industry news, analysis, & advice for founders.

Launch

Mesh Launches 🚀 Understand what's driving revenue across marketing & sales

Discover how Mesh, the AI-powered revenue analytics & attribution platform, can help your B2B business make better decisions on where to invest resources. Unify data, track companies visiting your website, and receive proactive alerts and AI recommendations. Launching today on Y Combinator's Launch YC.
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🔮 Sphere launches 🚀 Building a new monetization engine for content owners

Unlock the potential of your content with Sphere's innovative platform. Monetize your data securely and easily with their LLM-era solution. Learn more now.
Launch

Deekard launches 🚀 Your autonomous assistant for data science and analytics

Revolutionize your data science and analytics with Deekard's autonomous assistant. Launch your success today with our cutting-edge technology 🚀
Tax

A Breakdown of the taxes your startup owes for 1099, Delaware Franchise Tax, and Federal & State Tax filings

Learn how to accurately calculate and pay your taxes owed for 1099, DE Franchise Tax, and Federal Taxes with our comprehensive breakdown. Take control of your finances today!
Accounting

Fondo: The Done-for-you Accounting Platform

Fondo: The Done-for-you Accounting Platform
Tax

Late Fees And Penalties: What You Need To Know About Missing The Tax Deadline

Learn about the consequences of missing the tax deadline. Avoid late fees and penalties by reading our expert guide. Take action now to stay on top of your taxes.
Tax

Understanding corporate tax penalties for global startups

Learn how to avoid corporate tax penalties as a global startup. Our expert guide simplifies complex tax laws and provides actionable tips for compliance. Don't let penalties hinder your growth. Read now.
Launch

Flower launches 🚀 Train AI on distributed data

Revolutionize your AI training with Flower's distributed data approach. Launch your success with our cutting-edge technology. Learn more now.
Launch

Rosettic launches 🚀 Break down cloud costs by product and customer

Learn how to efficiently manage your cloud costs with Rosettic's latest launch! Break down expenses by product and customer to optimize your budget. Take control of your cloud spending today.
Launch

DailyPe launches 🚀 Repay your loans daily

Repay your loans daily with DailyPe's new launch! Say goodbye to monthly payments and take control of your finances. Experience hassle-free loan repayment today.
Analysis

5 Generative AI startups to watch in 2023: Data & Analytics Edition

Discover the top 3 generative AI startups to keep an eye on in 2023! Our Data & Analytics Edition highlights innovative companies that are changing the game. Don't miss out on the future of AI - read now.
Events

Recap: Pivot Party & Panel 🎉

Join the celebration! Get insights from industry leaders and learn how to pivot your business at our Pivot Party & Panel recap. Take action now! 🎉 #PivotParty #BusinessPivot #IndustryInsights
Launch

PlayHT launches 🚀 The Generative AI voice platform

Experience the future of voice technology with PlayHT's Generative AI platform. Launch your brand into the stratosphere with our cutting-edge solution. Try it now!
Launch

Syncly launches 🚀 AI customer feedback analytics that drives retention

Boost customer retention with Syncly's AI feedback analytics. Discover actionable insights and improve your business strategy. Launch your success today!
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Ruby Card launches 🚀 The bank for e-commerce businesses

Get ready to skyrocket your e-commerce business with Ruby Card! Discover the ultimate banking solution designed exclusively for online businesses. Launch your success today 🚀
Launch

Lume launches 🚀 No-code tool to create and maintain custom data integrations

Create and maintain custom data integrations with ease using Lume's new no-code tool. Launch your data integration project today and streamline your workflow. Learn more now!
Launch

Double launches 🚀 Internet-capable GPT bots to automate repetitive work

Streamline your workflow with our Internet-capable GPT bots! Automate repetitive tasks and launch your productivity into orbit with our double launch 🚀. Get started today!
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Narrative launches 🚀 Bill.com for the logistics industry

Revolutionize your logistics business with Narrative's launch of Bill.com. Streamline your financial operations and boost efficiency today. 🚀 #logistics #finance #Narrative
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Forfeit App launches 🚀 Complete your habits or we take your money

Get motivated to complete your habits with Forfeit App 🚀. Our unique approach keeps you accountable by taking your money if you don't follow through. Start achieving your goals today!

Rivet launches 🚀 Heroku for multiplayer games

Rivet launches 🚀 Heroku for multiplayer games
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Neptyne launches 🚀 The spreadsheet reimagined for the AI era

Neptyne launches 🚀 The spreadsheet reimagined for the AI era
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PoloPay launches 🚀 Dynamic menus for LatAm restaurants & coffee shops

PoloPay launches 🚀 Dynamic menus for LatAm restaurants & coffee shops
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Zenfetch launches 🚀 Predict which deals will close

Zenfetch launches 🚀 Predict which deals will close
Launch

Nango Launches 🚀 Get OAuth tokens for APIs. Fast & secure 🔌

Nango launched on Y Combinator’s "Launch YC" recently. Nango makes it fast & secure for engineers to integrate their app with any external API that uses OAuth. Founded by Robin Guldener & Bastien Beurier. Robin founded Nango after seeing first hand how hard it to build product integrations between SaaS. Previously...
Launch

Floworks launches 🚀 close more deals with CRM on Slack

Layup is every employee’s AI-powered sidekick that builds workflows across all of their company apps. With just one prompt, it can do things like create an MSA with data from Salesforce, export it to Google Docs, and instantly share it with the right people.
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🏀⚡️ Layup launches 🚀 complete your workflows, with just one line

Layup is every employee’s AI-powered sidekick that builds workflows across all of their company apps. With just one prompt, it can do things like create an MSA with data from Salesforce, export it to Google Docs, and instantly share it with the right people.
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Nebula launches 🌌 to understand & debug enterprise-scale codebases

Nebula is a code navigation tool that helps developers quickly understand & debug distributed systems. We make it easy to follow service dependencies & the flow of data across your microservice architecture, saving developers tens of hours per week. Request early access here
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Feather launches 🚀 Bloomberg Terminal for retail traders

David J. Phillips @davj / 11:30 PM PST • March 16, 2023 ‎Feather launched on Y Combinator’s "Launch YC" recently. Feather is the first one-stop solution for retail traders to analyze any investment, anywhere in the world. Founded by Ash Rai & Patrick Higgins. Before Feather, Ash founded a long-only, value-oriented...
Launch

INVITRIS launches 🚀 Simplifying drug development & manufacturing

‎David J. Phillips @davj / 1:00 PM PST • March 16, 2023 INVITRIS launched on Y Combinator’s "Launch YC" recently. INVITRIS' biotech platform creates the latest drugs in the shortest amount of time. Founded by Patrick Grossmann & Kilian Vogele. They co-founded the company to radically simplify drug development to stop...
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Omnistrate launches 🚀 Cloud platform to SaaSify your open-source project

‎David J. Phillips @davj / 10:00 AM PST • March 16, 2023 Omnistrate launched on Y Combinator’s "Launch YC" recently. Omnistrate is a control-plane as-a-service that transforms your docker image into a multi-cloud SaaS service in minutes instead of years. From your docker image to your multi-cloud SaaS in 1...
Launch

Yuma launches 🚀 ChatGPT for customer support

‎David J. Phillips @davj / 2:00 PM PST • March 15, 2023 <a href='https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/IBB-yuma-chatgpt-for-customer-support' target="_blank"><img src='https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/IBB-yuma-chatgpt-for-customer-support/upvote_embed.svg' alt='Launch YC: Yuma - ChatGPT for customer support'/...
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Sidekick launches 🚀 open source AI support bot for CX teams

‎David J. Phillips @davj / 1:30 PM PST • March 14, 2023 Sidekick launched on Y Combinator’s "Launch YC" recently. Sidekick is an open source AI support bot for CX teams. Founded by Jason Fan and Ayan Bandyopadhyay, a PM and engineer who worked together while solving problems in CX and account security at Robinhood....
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Persana AI launches 🚀 Sales copilot to boost productivity

David J. Phillips @davj / 5:30 PM PST • March 13, 2023 Persana AI launched on Y Combinator’s "Launch YC" last week. Persana AI is a sales copilot that easily surfaces unique lead insights and generates personalized outbound in your company's voice. Founded by Sriya Maram & Rush Shahani, they met while working at...
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Thread Launches 🚀 Incident management for large enterprises

‍David J. Phillips @davj / 2:00 PM PST • March 13, 2023 Thread launched on Y Combinator’s "Launch YC" recently. Thread enables developers to immediately identify the root cause of incidents allowing them to resolve issues up to 10x faster. It's an Incident Management platform for large enterprises - taking best...
Growth

Work at Fondo: Customer Success Manager

David J. Phillips @davj / 2:30 PM PST • March 10, 2023 Who's on the Customer Success Team at Fondo? Kai Moon, Director of Customer Success Linkedin • Twitter • Contact Stellan Christianson, Customer Success Manager Linkedin • Contact What is Customer Success at Fondo? Customer Success at Fondo is a strategic...
Launch

Peeba launches 🚀 Faire for Asia

David J. Phillips @davj / 11:30 AM PST • March 10, 2023 ‎‎Peeba launched on Y Combinator’s "Launch YC" recently. Peeba helps retailers in Asia discover and buy inventory online without risk. It's a B2B wholesale marketplace that is changing the way retailers across Asia purchase inventory. Founded by Jacky Lai &...
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Vooma launches 🚀 Backoffice automation for logistics

David J. Phillips @davj / 4:30 PM PST • March 9, 2023 Last week, Vooma launched on Y Combinator’s "Launch YC". Vooma fully automates order taking from shippers for brokers & carriers. Built by former operators from leading freight tech companies‍, Vooma combines the team's computer vision expertise with today’s large...
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Bluedot launches 🚀 Single payment solution for electric vehicle drivers and fleets

David J. Phillips @davj / 1:00 PM PST • March 8, 2023 ‎Last week, Bluedot launched on Y Combinator’s "Launch YC". Bluedot makes EV charging payment easier and simplifies expense management for drivers and fleets. Founded by Ferhat Babacan & Selinay Parlak. Ferhat's career history includes Zipcar, Bosch,...
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🌿 Dill Launches 🚀 Faster payments in foodservice distribution

David J. Phillips @davj / 4:30 PM PST • March 7, 2023 Dill launched on Y Combinator’s "Launch YC" recently. Dill is a digital invoicing & payments tool for foodservice distributors. It helps them get paid faster & get time back on more sales. Founded by in 2022 by Catherine Jiang, a second-time founder digitizing the...
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Intrinsic launches 🚀 Safety tooling for Trust & Safety teams

‎David J. Phillips @davj / 11:30 AM PST • March 7, 2023 Intrinsic launched on Y Combinator’s "Launch YC" last week. Intrinsic helps Trust & Safety teams maintain high-quality content communities, monitor brand safety, and keep their users safe. It enables your Trust & Safety team to tell cohesive stories from policy...
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Berry launches 🚀 Co-browse and work together in any web app

‎David J. Phillips @davj / 5:00 PM PST • March 6, 2023 Berry launched on Y Combinator’s "Launch YC" last week. Berry is a Chrome Extension that lets you co-browse, collaborate, and annotate in any web app and website with real-time cursors. Founded by Yan Fu and Ann Chan, who are on a mission to make remote...
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Cardinal launches 🚀 Enabling product teams to build measurable features

‎David J. Phillips @davj / 10:30 AM PST • March 6, 2023 Cardinal launched on Y Combinator’s "Launch YC" last week. ‍Cardinal is the system of record for product teams enabling them to build the right things and achieve data-driven goals. It provides product clarity by pulling in insights from feedback, analytics,...
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Milio launches 🚀 B2B payments automation and reconciliation software for emerging markets

‎ David J. Phillips @davj / 2:30 PM PST • March 3, 2023 Milio launched on Y Combinator’s "Launch YC" this week. Milio enables any enterprise to automate and orchestrate how it sends, receives, and reconciles payments; automating the associated processes while cutting intermediaries and costs — starting in...
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DAGWorks launches 🚀 Open Source ML ETL platform for Data Science teams

‎David J. Phillips @davj / 2:00 PM PST • March 2, 2023 Today, DAGWorks launched on Y Combinator’s "Launch YC”‍ DAGWorks is building a more human-capital efficient way for Data Science teams to build and maintain Machine Learning Pipelines, from creation to maintenance. Founded by Stefan Krawczyk & Elijah ben Izzy,...
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Momentum Foods launches: combining plant proteins with the best parts of real meat

‎ David J. Phillips @davj / 8:00 PM PST • March 1, 2023 Today, Momentum Foods launched on Y Combinator’s “Launch YC” Momentum Foods is adding meat back into plant-based meat to make it more affordable, healthy, and delicious. Founded by Saba Fazeli, who led Beyond Meat's R&D; and Brice Klein, an early-stage engineer...
Events

Recap: Hosted Y Combinator Founders for a Coworking Event at Fondo HQ in SF!

David J. Phillips @davj / 3:30 PM PST • February 17, 2023 We were thrilled to have the opportunity to host a group of @ycombinator founders for a coworking event at Fondo HQ in San Francisco yesterday. ‎The energy and excitement in the air was palpable as we prepared to welcome these innovators and entrepreneurs to...
Launch

Rift launched 🚀 Close more deals, without landing in spam

‎David J. Phillips @davj / 7:30 PM PST • February 16, 2023 Today, rift launched on Y Combinator’s “Launch YC”. rift lets sales and growth teams send more cold emails that actually get replies. The company is founded by Filip Twarowski & Edvard Eriksson. They met while working on the growth team at Pulley (W20). At...
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clearspace launches: eliminate digital distraction

David J. Phillips @davj / 7:00 PM PST • February 15, 2023 clearspace launched on Y Combinator’s “Launch YC” recently. clearspace is building tools to eliminate compulsive phone use and addiction. Royce Branning and Oliver Hill founded the company with a personal mission to address their own issues with excessive...
Tax

Product Hunt launch: $1 Delaware Franchise Tax by Fondo

David J. Phillips @davj / 2:30 PM PST • February 15 2023 We launched on Product Hunt today! We’ve helped 1,000+ founders file their Delaware Franchise tax since launching in 2020. The deadline is coming up in 13 days and we’d love to help you get filed for $1. ‎tldr; All Delaware Corporations are legally required to...
Funding

Fondo Raises $3 Million Pre-Seed Round to Help Startups File Taxes and Get Cash Back From the IRS

Fondo, a San Francisco-based startup serving as an all-in-one accounting platform, today announced a $3 million pre-seed round. The fundraise includes $1.2 million in equity with participation from Y Combinator, Liquid2 Ventures, Transmedia Capital, GMO Venture Partners and $1.8 million in non-dilutive financing from Capchase.
Launch

Fern Launches 🚀 Build APIs twice as fast⚡

David J. Phillips @davj / 2:00 PM PST • February 10, 2023 Fern launched on Y Combinator’s “Launch YC” today 🚀 Fern is an open source format for defining REST APIs, it generates useful artifacts for your API, like SDKs, docs, and server code. It's automation for your API. Define your API once and click generate. The...